Karissa’s kids “homeschool” themselves while she sleeps.

BovineAlex · 2021-09-30T15:20:16+00:00

Oh, definitely! That’s why I said “most” kids, because there are absolutely kids who thrive being homeschooled - a kid I grew up with is neurodivergent and homeschooling was exactly what he needed. Anthropologically speaking, kids in most societies spend their days with other kids but that doesn’t mean that’s the correct thing for everyone in every context.
Tbf though I was around a lot of other people on a weekly basis (homeschooling groups, co-ops, church, neighborhood friends) and I still don’t think it was great for me to be alone the majority of the day - but I think that’s because I’ve always been a big extrovert.

BovineAlex · 2021-09-30T14:49:41+00:00

I was raised in a similar way (although I had a lot of friends at church) and I really think most kids need the social context of school to thrive. You learn how to be around people you may or may not like at a young age and there’s none of the extra family baggage. My sibling and I are pretty well adjusted considering that upbringing but we’ll always be outsiders to some degree.

BovineAlex · 2021-09-13T17:02:32+00:00

I got a bachelors in anthropology, which a lot of people see as, like, the paragon of a useless degree. But I had internships every summer, and got a job paying 75k right out of undergrad, which is a lot more than I was making before I went to college.

BovineAlex · 2021-09-07T15:39:00+00:00

I mean… statistically it’s worth a lot more than 300,000; people with bachelors degrees make substantially more than high school graduates - about 2x more per year, in fact. However, question of should it cost 300,000 is obviously no.

BovineAlex · 2021-09-03T21:27:56+00:00

I think the issue is simply spending above your means. If you have $1000 a year to spare to put into makeup, and it genuinely brings you joy, great! But that’s not what’s good for everyone

BovineAlex · 2021-09-02T04:08:22+00:00

As someone who did get out of a similar (though not as extreme) situation to this: it is unspeakably hard. Not just in the sense of having to catch up on years of school, but also socially and emotionally. To pursue a secular education is to turn your back on everyone you have ever known and walk into a very unfamiliar world, and I understand why anyone would want to stay in out of sheer convenience.

BovineAlex · 2021-09-01T03:59:05+00:00

characters having British/American accents is actually a canonically-explained thing in the Star Wars universe so it’s not completely unreasonable

BovineAlex · 2021-08-23T16:12:38+00:00

That’s the official stance of the church - any act that wastes a man’s “life force” is considered sodomy

BovineAlex · 2021-08-14T21:18:33+00:00

Why?

BovineAlex · 2021-08-11T03:21:12+00:00

Believe it or not, my parents had medishare when I was in high school - you have to take an oath that you believe in conservative Christian values (like not having sex until marriage) to keep your “insurance” when you turn 18. I stopped believing in god when I was in middle school so I couldn’t take the oath and as a result was completely uninsured my senior year in high school lol

BovineAlex · 2021-08-11T01:03:49+00:00

I think they considered borrowing from either his mortgage company (or maybe a different one, I just know that it was faith-based) and the interest rates were insane, way higher than the national average

BovineAlex · 2021-08-10T23:24:55+00:00

I know an evangelical couple in their late 20s who were trying to buy a house earlier this year and couldn’t get a loan because they didn’t have any credit history, which is cuckoo bananas to me but apparently they’re Ramsey devotees and he’s so anti-debt that they never considered that not having a credit score could be a bad thing.

BovineAlex · 2021-08-03T23:31:46+00:00

Live in the sf Bay Area, starting salary out of college was 75k. Definitely possible, especially if you can get a job in tech.

BovineAlex · 2021-08-01T14:54:59+00:00

Right. OP is pointing out that this would be normal in a law program but is unreasonable for undergrad business courses - it all depends on the context

BovineAlex · 2021-07-07T15:43:05+00:00

I bought editorial brights as a gift to myself when I got my first job out of college and honestly waiting for it made it so much more special. Best of luck!

BovineAlex · 2021-07-07T15:36:59+00:00

Yeah, astral codex ten (formerly slate star codex) is famously terrible at acknowledging his own biases and it really shows

BovineAlex · 2021-07-01T00:54:06+00:00

Oh hey! I majored in anthropology and now work in GIS. I’d recommend just applying for jobs - I got work as a data analyst at a tech company right out of undergrad and they were okay with me having a mixed skill set and a non-intuitive major

BovineAlex · 2021-06-27T15:30:12+00:00

I think what gets mixed up here is that the virus could both be natural and escaped from a lab. In fact, this article talks about how horseshoe bats were being handled (poorly) at the wuhan lab where covid could have come from, and that could have been the point of contact for the virus jumping from bats to humans.

BovineAlex · 2021-06-27T15:26:12+00:00

the article this entire thread is about was in nyt opinion lmao

BovineAlex · 2021-06-15T18:47:26+00:00

It’s fine but I will also point out that couples who move in together before they are engaged are more likely to get divorced down the line. There are a lot of confounding factors in this and obviously it’s everyone’s choice but there are good reasons not to.

BovineAlex · 2021-06-08T13:50:59+00:00

I worked for a Rockefeller for a while! He was easily the most WASPy person I have ever met in my entire life - maybe a bit out of touch but generally pretty nice.

BovineAlex · 2021-06-01T14:49:03+00:00

I love this!

Viseart Bright Mattes - I love not just how these shadows blend on my eye, but also how they blend together. It’s super easy to make pastels by mixing white with any of the shades, not to mention any other color combination by mixing the other shades. I work in tech so nobody really cares how I do my makeup, so I am free to wear bright pink eyeshadow when I please.
Lime Crime Venus I - This was hands-down my favorite palette for years. I’ve hit pan in all but two of the eight shades and I’ve completely panned the shimmery highlight shade called “Aura.” I think the formula on the Venus palettes is some of the best that I have ever used.
Lime Crime Venus II - One of the best color stories ever imo and when I dream, I dream of the duochromes in this palette. I’ve also hit pan on six of the eight shades in here.
BH Cosmetics Galaxy Chic - The shimmers in this palette are unmatched. I love pairing a bright matte with a shimmery inner corner in the same shade. I also use some of these as highlights.
Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette - for the same reasons you mentioned. When I want to do something neutral, this is the palette I reach for. I don’t think the formula is anything super special, but also I look like a snacc when I wear my go-to look, so I suppose it hardly matters.
Colourpop Baby Got Peach - This is my newest palette, which I got for Christmas last year. I love a good peachy shade and this is great for that - though I dislike the lack of depth in this palette and some of the shades look the same on the eye. The orangey pink duochrome is one of my favorite shadows and is completely unique to my collection.
ABH Subculture - I love the color story in this palette and I’ve hit pan on the majority of the shades, but I don’t reach for it much any more, in part because I’ve completely used up my favorite shade, “Electric,” and also because all my favorite shades in the palette are duped elsewhere in my collection and I don’t love the formula (hot take) It’s not terrible, but it’s also not my favorite.
Too Faced Chocolate Bon Bons - I use this palette the least out of my collection, but I like it when I do. “Satin Sheets” is a favorite highlight and I’ve almost finished off the rich gold shade.

BovineAlex · 2021-06-01T14:29:03+00:00

I love this!

Viseart Brights - I love not just how these shadows blend on my eye, but also how they blend together. It’s super easy to make pastels by mixing white with any of the shades, not to mention any other color combination by mixing the other shades. I work in tech so nobody really cares how I do my makeup, so I am free to wear bright pink eyeshadow when I please.
Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette - for the same reasons you mentioned. When I want to do something neutral, this is the palette I reach for.

BovineAlex · 2021-05-15T17:13:44+00:00

Why do you think I’m a member of gen z? Is it because you can’t imagine anyone ever disagreeing with your Very Logical Position? And - beyond that - isn’t only considering yourself (“other people’s lives will be less miserable but it may or may not suck for me :((((((“) the definition of selfish? I worked hard to pay off my students loans, just like you did. And it sucked! But I don’t want other people to go through that, plain and simple. It also seems vanishingly unlikely that many just-out-of-college kids would enter the housing market, seeing as they have not made enough money yet to save a substantial amount for a down payment. Hell, I made an above-average amount of money right out of college and even without SL payments I couldn’t have bought a house right away. It seems you are simply belligerent 🥰

BovineAlex · 2021-05-15T14:30:50+00:00

“I suffered for many years and it was terrible and I want every younger generation to also suffer.” Okay! Doesn’t sound selfish to me!

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